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The Frequency of Pneumocystis carinii in Patients with Haematologic Malignancies and PneumoniaAyşen Timurağaoğlu İrfanoğlu1, Dilara Öğünç2, Gözde Öngüt2, Candan Öğüş3, Evren Tercan4, Tümer Vural21Department Of Haematology, Faculty Of Medicine, Akdeniz University2Department Of Clinic Microbiology, Faculty Of Medicine, Akdeniz University 3Department Of Chest Disease, Faculty Of Medicine, Akdeniz University 4Department Of Bio-statistics, Faculty Of Medicine, Akdeniz University, Antalya, Turkey Pneumocystis carinii (P. carinii) is an organism which was previously considered as a protozoan but recently it was shown to be more related to fungi. P. carinii increasingly causes opportunistic infections in immunocompromised patients. In this study, we detected P. carinii oocysts by indirect immunofluorescence test in 33 specimens obtained from 31 patients with haematological malignancies who had symptoms of pneumonia Ayşen Timurağaoğlu İrfanoğlu, Dilara Öğünç, Gözde Öngüt, Candan Öğüş, Evren Tercan, Tümer Vural. The Frequency of Pneumocystis carinii in Patients with Haematologic Malignancies and Pneumonia. . 2001; 18(2): 131-136 Sorumlu Yazar: Ayşen Timurağaoğlu İrfanoğlu, Türkiye |
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